Great perks, onsite doctor, nutritionist, gym and hairdresser in the London office.

Cons

Culture in London office has been slipping, expanding too quickly has lost the nature of true north. Business services are looked down upon and not really given much opportunity to shine. Quite demoralizing at team meeting when they tell you Bain is a great place if you work hard you'll go further. Not the case for business services, theyre not seen as real people

Advice to Management

Treat your business services better, when you have a high turn over you lose the care and compassion that is key to Bain, be more humble with everyone from different walks of life. Its an old boys club and if you from a working class background you are looked down upon.

Great HR system who worked hard to help employers have a good experience (especially Rachel). Fantastic for CV for the rest of your life.

Cons

Meritocracy means that people are constantly competing for promotions which creates performance anxiety and, in the context of 70-90 hour weeks, led to burn out for many people, including up to 6 months off work. (Lots of talk of monitoring hours but people aren't honest about how many hours they do when inputting their time sheets as they know it will trigger an alarm to their managers which goes directly back to them).

Advice to Management

Sell bigger teams to clients and minimise reports to ensure everyone is properly supported in the team.

- Very supportive teams, and you'll make friends you want to hang out with outside of work
- Unlike other consultancies, there is a central staffer that will sort projects, so no need to pitch yourself to partners to get onto projects

Cons

- Can have a bit of a frat house vibe
- They can push individuals too hard and have seen people burn out